
Award for heavy-duty robot
Every two years, Igus presents the Vector Award at the Hannover Messe trade fair, recognizing special applications with energy chain systems. This year, the golden Vector went to Robotic Drilling Systems from Norway.
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Every two years, Igus presents the Vector Award at the Hannover Messe trade fair, recognizing special applications with energy chain systems. This year, the golden Vector went to Robotic Drilling Systems from Norway.

Connection and joining technology
Murrelektronik from Oppenweiler and the Berlin-based development and technology service provider Yacoub want to jointly drive forward the topic of decentralized automation in the future. The two companies have also recently joined the same group of companies.

WHN Technologies from Grabenstätt impressed the jury of this year's Robotics Award. It honors innovative, applied robot solutions. Computer&AUTOMATION took a closer look at the three finalists.

Hannover Messe 2016 / Closing figures
The 2016 edition of the Hannover Messe ended on April 29 with a significant increase in visitor numbers compared to 2014. The organizer is particularly proud of the many concrete application examples for Industry 4.0.
At the Hannover Messe, Kuka presented the KR 3, the most compact model in its Agilus family of small robots to date. With this robot, the Augsburg-based company wants to enter a new market environment: electronics production.

The user organization Sercos International has made a new version of the Sercos Monitor available as a free download at Hannover Messe 2016. The tool is designed to enable providers and users to analyze data traffic in Sercos III networks in detail.

The ODVA has announced a new technical initiative to develop a 'Common Industrial Cloud Interface Specification'. The starting signal for this is to be given in mid-2016 with the formation of a corresponding Special Interest Group (SIG).

The Weidmüller Group and ads-tec are pooling their resources in the areas of remote maintenance, cloud services and automation technology. To this end, both partners will operate a joint connectivity platform.

'Touch & Automate' is a further development of Isra's 'Plug & Automate' family. While this already made expert knowledge for the use of 3D sensor technology and measurement technology superfluous, the sensors can now also be connected wirelessly.

The world's largest industrial trade fair - Hannover Messe 2016 - took place from April 25 to 29, 2016. Computer&AUTOMATION captured what was happening on site with cameras.